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               <p class="para_td">Overview</p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> command allows you to quickly construct flanged cutouts on Aerospace Sheet Metal parts. You can define the outline of the cutout by a sketch, and use the options to specify the length of the flange, rounding of the sketch vertices, and the angle of the draft.
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      <p class="para_topic"><b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> is very similar to <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('nx_sheet_metal/index.html?goto=nx_sheet_metal/title_page.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Drawn Cutout</a></b> in NX Sheet Metal; however, the Aerospace Sheet Metal <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> feature can be unformed while the <b class="uiTerm">Drawn Cutout</b> feature cannot.
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      <p class="para_division">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Insert&rarr;Aerospace Sheet Metal Feature&rarr;Lightening Cutout</b>, or
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      <p class="para_division">On the Aerospace Sheet Metal toolbar, click <b class="uiTerm">Lightening Cutout</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/lightcut_button.gif" border="0">.
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